Imaging local cerebral blood flow by Xenon-enhanced computed tomography - Technical optimization procedures

Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 283-292

  Meyer, J S ^a,b   Shinohara, T ^a,b   Imai, A ^a,b   Kobari, M ^a,c   Sakai, F ^d   Hata, T ^d   Oravez, W T ^e   Timpe, G M ^f   Deville, T ^f   Solomon, E ^c  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Northeast Medical Center Hospital   (United States)

^d KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^f Diversified Diagn Prod Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Computed tomography; Partition coefficients; Xenon contrast

Indexed keywords

XENON;

BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; GASES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; XENON;

EID: 0023747380     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: 14321920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00328177     Document Type: Article

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